SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN WINTER HOME
RICE PLANTING
Spring is the season for planting rice in Japan. Although in recent years, many farmers have come to use machinery for planting rice seedlings. However, in narrow paddy fields and places left unplanted by automated processes the seedlings are planted by hand, as shown here. Thereafter, the rice crop is harvested in the autumn.
Festival Traditions & Customs
AOI-MATSURI (Hollyhock Festival)
SANJA MATSURI
TANGO NO SEKKU
(currently known as Children's Day)
HINAMATSURI (Doll's Festival)
SCHOOL ENTRANCE
HANAMI
RICE PLANTING
GOLDEN WEEK
MOUNTAIN VEGETABLES
JAPANESE PLUM BLOSSOMS
AND BUSH WARBLERS


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